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What are the most difficult psychological obstacles for patients to overcome after spinal cord injury?

Samuel Gordon, PhD

Psychologist, MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, D.C.
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The anger is a kind of a depressed anger, the anger of, “Why did this happen to me? What could I have done to deserve this particular fate?” Just getting them to deal with that anger, express that anger is probably the first step in actually gett... Show More

The anger is a kind of a depressed anger, the anger of, “Why did this happen to me? What could I have done to deserve this particular fate?” Just getting them to deal with that anger, express that anger is probably the first step in actually getting them to cope.

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What are the most difficult psychological obstacles for patients to overcome after spinal cord injury?

Samuel Gordon, PhD

Psychologist, MedStar National Rehabilitation Hospital, Washington, D.C.

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The anger is a kind of a depressed anger, the anger of, “Why did this happen to me? What could I have done to deserve this particular fate?” Just getting them to deal with that anger, express that anger is probably the first step in actually getting them to cope.

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